DOWN 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

2. It’s hardly used to strike a light (5)

5. Put the question as to what a model will do (4)

7. Blue conversation gets a black mark (4)

8. Will flood let Aunt dine out? (8)

9. Grabbed chest, and twisted it (8)

11. By holding party back, found the corpse (4)

12. Condensing of something takes steady application of the mind (13)

15. A fortified wine left for the matelot (4)

17. Chap sure set out to buy things (8)

19. Is uncommunicative, it having returned in the notlong-ago (8)

21. How to dispose of 11 Across to the east of Bolton (4)

22. It doesn’t sound strong for a sennight (4)

23. It is the drink that makes one fat (5)

To me, it may be about people given as a keepsake (7) It is suitable if it turns up on time (3) Whiskey, spelt like that, in the chair is his (5) Speak very loudly in the end, hurt though it may (7) Run softly, and get something to make notes on (3)

6. When full up, seat may be given to old copper (5)

10. Act it out without a word being spoken (5)

11. Badly executed job by the one and the other includes carbon (5)

13. Children who may have risen very quietly inside (7)

14. Watch former schoolfellow do his time (7)

16. An over-fat entry in these books is shown up (5)

18. Proportion of a scull it held up (5)

20. Some shirkers will annoy one (3)

21. A night-flier, or a night-watchman perhaps (3) YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

Across: 1. Mass hysteria 8. Adorable 9. Spat 11. Attic

12. Outworn 13. Time 15. Less 19. Owned up 20. Storm

22. Home 23. Athenian 24. Compromising

Down: 2. About 3. Starch 4. Yellow 5. Reprove

6. Astonishment 7. Catastrophic 10. Eta 14. Minimum

16. Add 17. Sputum 18. Asters 21. Onion